Status Updates From The Study Quran: A New Tran...

just read through al-Baqarah so i guess that means we’re reading the Qurʔān now. very funny to be doing this *after* having taken two classes on the subject. world’s most educated first-time reader

tafsir on 2:62 - the theologian and mystic Abu Hamid Al Ghazzali gave wide latitude [in recognizing the obstacles to the knowledge of Muhammad's teachings]...hearing the name Muhammad means nothing if one learns only of the opposite of his true attributes....birthplace, upbringing and social experience mediate one's knowledge of religion, provide ample space for God's mercy to encompass those who believe in HIm.